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How often have you been offered a chair and invited, colloquially speaking, to 'take the weight off your feet?' However inelegantly put, the invitation is usually welcome, for the feet [...]

Custom shoes can protect people with diabetic neuropathy (nerve damage resulting in pain or loss of sensation) from foot wounds that won't heal and get infected. Yet, according to a [...]

A young woman describes being diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis at the age of 25. At first she refused to give up the high-heeled shoes she loves, but she found that switching to sneakers helped her body to heel.

Most foot surgery patients are women because characteristics that make women's shoes fashionable also tend to cause foot problems. In addition, shoe sizing standards are typically based on men's feet even though men typically have shorter forefoot-to-heel ratios.

Like uptowners and downtowners, different bacterial communities hang out on your cell phone and your shoes. Scientists from the Home Microbiome Study swabbed the shoe soles and phones of about [...]

A study by orthopedic surgeon Michael J. Coughlin of more than 2,100 foot surgeries performed over the last 15 years found that better than 80% of the patients were women [...]

It's not often a pair of shoes comes with a 'caution while driving or climbing a ladder' warning. Then again, most shoes do not come loaded with weights. Welcome to [...]

Removing your shoes when you enter a home is a sign of respect in many countries. But it's also an easy way to protect your health. "Your shoes pick up […]

PRAGUE -- In patients with osteoarthritis--and even in healthy subjects--standard walking shoes result in significantly more knee adduction compared with barefoot walking or walking with a specially designed "unloading" shoe, [...]

I make home visits to an elderly patient who developed quinine toxicity--fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness--after taking the drug for leg cramps. Since he stopped the quinine, his leg [...]

HEALTHY SHOES AND NATURAL POSTURE ... only Earth footwear features KALSO[R] Negative Heel Technology promoting the natural way of walking--so natural that you'll feel like you're walking barefoot in the […]

You know that skyscraper shoes can leave your legs aching, and if you wear heels regularly, you're likely to rack up more serious harm. "High heels up the foot forward, […]

Good posture starts with your feet, advises Peggy Brill, author of The Core Program, For 15 years, she's been sending walkers and runners to the shoe store armed with this [...]

It's important to be aware of your body's needs -- from head to toe! Too often, people abuse or disregard their feet. Take a moment to review these tips -- [...]

Wide high heels may feel comfortable and seem safe, but new research says they can cause even more damage to your knees than spiky high heels. "Many women wear wide [...]

If you think that wide-heeled shoes are easier on your body than spike heels, here's a surprise. When researchers recently compared the effects of wearing trendy 3-inch high heels--some fat, [...]

In case anyone needed another reason to wear stilettos, a new Harvard Medical School study suggests that spike heels are slightly less likely to contribute to knee osteoarthritis than clunkier […]

Wound Site as a Predictor of Complications Following Deep Nail Punctures to the Foot Nail puncture wound to the foot is a common injury that occurs at all ages. Numerous [...]

People can avoid many of the problems and pains associated with feet. Ten different possible causes of foot problems are detailed, along with solutions and preventative suggestions. Wearing shoes for too long, for instance, can weaken the foot and lead to other injuries. Shoes that are too narrow can also cause problems., 10 ways you probably abuse your feet During your lifetime, you'll put about 115,000 miles on your feet--more than five laps around the planet--and the 26 bones, 19 muscles, and [...]

Women need to realize that high-heel shoes can contribute to the development of osteoarthritis. Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School conducted a study on deteriorating joint conditions and will do further research on comparative heel sizes., Wearing 2-inch heels may increase your risk of osteoarthritis, a painful condition caused by deteriorating joints, according to a recent study from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical [...]